{"id":35757,"date":"2017-03-31T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T19:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/arca-unveils-the-worlds-first-single-stage-to-orbit-rocket"},"modified":"2017-06-04T07:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T14:06:58","slug":"arca-unveils-the-worlds-first-single-stage-to-orbit-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/arca-unveils-the-worlds-first-single-stage-to-orbit-rocket","title":{"rendered":"ARCA Unveils the World\u2019s first Single-Stage-to-Orbit Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/30LBEyFdWmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the Space Age, scientists have relied on multi-stage rockets in order to put spacecraft and payloads into orbit. The same technology has allowed for missions farther into space, sending robotic spacecraft to every planet in the Solar System, and astronauts to the Moon. But looking to the future, it is clear that new ideas will be needed in order to cut costs and expand launch services.<\/p>\n<p>Hence why the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcaspace.com\/\">ARCA Space Corporation<\/a> has developed a concept for a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) rocket. It\u2019s known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcaspace.com\/en\/haas2c.htm\">Haas 2CA<\/a>, the latest in a series of rockets being developed by the New Mexico-based aerospace company. If all goes as planned, this rocket will be the first SSTO rocket in history, meaning it will be able to place payloads and crew into Earth\u2019s orbit relying on only one stage with one engine.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket was unveiled on Tuesday, March 28th, at their company headquarters in Las Cruces. The rocket is currently seeking FAA approval, and ARCA is working diligently to get it ready for its test launch in 2018 \u2013 which will take place at NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/wallops\/home\/\">Wallops Flight Facility<\/a> located on Virginia\u2019s eastern shore. If successful, the company hopes to use this rocket to deploy small satellites to orbit in the coming decade.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/134812\/arca-unveils-worlds-first-single-stage-orbit-rocket\/\">http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/134812\/arca-unveils-worlds-firs...it-rocket\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of the Space Age, scientists have relied on multi-stage rockets in order to put spacecraft and payloads into orbit. The same technology has allowed for missions farther into space, sending robotic spacecraft to every planet in the Solar System, and astronauts to the Moon. But looking to the future, it is clear [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58238,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35757\/revisions\/58238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}